I used to call family friends "aunt and uncle" I still call the guy in the curry shop "uncle" haha and i'm 23. I don't say it to his face but if I was speaking about him to my parents or something I'd say "Uncle ... etc etc"
I think the whole calling family friends Aunts&uncles are alright..I'm refered to as 'Auntie Leigh' by many of my friends little ones.
But the whole 'Grandad' 'Grandma' thing I can see his point. If you break up or something and you stop talking/seeing your partners family you child will be upset and probably won't understand.
If you'd been with your partner a long while then yes I can understand why you might want to do that..because they would be like a real 'nana' and 'grandad'. My Grandad died when I was a baby and I didn't have maternal grandparents..they died before I was born so when my Nan met someone else I called him 'Uncle' but my cousins (who are what 10 and 13 years younger than me) called him "grandad" or "popa" cause like by that time he was going to stay in my nans life and he did..I think thats ok cause they didn't know any different.
But being as your childs Grandparents are still alive I think they shouldn't call other people "grandad" and "grandma" maybe give them "auntie" and "uncle" aswell? That might be a good compromise?
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